With the significant rainfall we’ve had, I’ve been interested to see what’s going on with our soil moisture probes? During the dry weather you can see that the 5cm deep probe was slowly getting drier whilst the 15cm deep probe was slowly getting wetter? My assumption is that this is because the push up green… Read More After Effects of the Rain – Chasing Green Speed
My regular readers will know that my last blog was all about just how dry things have been this year!!!!!! Well pretty much the moment I published that Blog it started raining and it’s only just stopped! Or at least that’s how it felt on my travels this week. This week I’ve been on tour… Read More The Wet Week – Sustaining Healthy Turf
When is it going to rain again? A lot of people I’m talking to at the moment are studying the forecast to see when, if and how much rainfall is coming. The above image shows the UK’s monthly rainfall compared to the 1981 -2010 average. The white to blue colours show average – wetter than… Read More Lack of Rainfall and Soil Moisture Levels
With a few more Chafer sightings come in over the weekend and some rain on the horizon. If you are targeting Chafer Grubs then Friday the 7th June is a good time to apply Acelepryn in the South where sightings of Chafer have been recorded. There have been fewer sightings the further North you go… Read More Acelepryn Application Window
